diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/kde-frameworks/sonnet.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/kde-frameworks/sonnet.nix
index 78aa189559fc..c0ed3f7d79ba 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/kde-frameworks/sonnet.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/kde-frameworks/sonnet.nix
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 { mkDerivation
 , extra-cmake-modules
-, aspell, qtbase, qttools
+, aspell, hunspell, qtbase, qttools
 }:
 
 mkDerivation {
   pname = "sonnet";
   nativeBuildInputs = [ extra-cmake-modules ];
-  buildInputs = [ aspell qttools ];
+  buildInputs = [ aspell hunspell qttools ];
   propagatedBuildInputs = [ qtbase ];
 }